Fresh off a well-received premiere at Cannes, A24 has released a trailer for Amy, the new documentary chronicling the life of singer Amy Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the age of 27:
The trailer offers a microcosm of Winehouse's career, depicting her ups and downs — including her slew of wins at the 2008 Grammy Awards. "I'm not a girl trying to be a star," says Winehouse at the end of the trailer. "I'm just a girl who sings."
Though the trailer is made up of intimate home video footage, several people who were close to Winehouse have already criticized the film — including her former partner Reg Traviss, who appears as one of Amy's interview subjects. Amy "can only be described as a fictionalized biopic centered around a distorted depiction of Amy’s life," wrote Traviss in an op-ed at The Telegraph. "It upsets me that this film may now shape how people remember her."
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